Frank + Oak relaunches platform to stay ahead of next generation of retail
Since its founding in 2012, Frank + Oak has worked on differentiating itself as a men’s fashion brand ahead of the curve…
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#GlobeSBS16: Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein on how large companies maintain startup culture
Harley Finkelstein, Shopify’s passionate COO, kicked off The Globe and Mail’s Small Business Summit important point…
Shopify releases Q1 2016 results, announces 95 percent increase in revenue YoY
Shopify’s first quarter 2016 results are in. The company has continually demonstrated that it can hold its own as a public…
LemonStand raises $1.25 million to continue product development on ecommerce platform
Vancouver-based LemonStand, which helps web developers, agencies and fast growing brands create customized online stores, announced…
Shopify launches Shopify Capital to fund entrepreneurs on its platform
Entrepreneurs using the Shopify platform to power their business now have an alternative way to raise much-needed funding — from…
#smallrooms podcast: Michael Van of Four Walls on not raising and Startup Next
Rob Kenedi speaks with Michael Van, founder of Four Walls, a startup that enables consumers and small businesses to buy fully…
Shopify releases new and improved SDKs, including Android Pay integration
At its first-ever Unite Conference in San Francisco, Shopify has announced two new SDKs that allow developers to implement…
Shopify hosting first-ever Shopify Partner and Developer conference
Between March 22 and 23, Shopify is hosting its first-ever Unite conference for Shopify partners and developers in San Francisco.…
Indochino launches wedding planner platform for grooms
Vancouver-based Indochino, which creates made-to-measure suits through its ecommerce platform, has made the unsurprising move…
Report: 70 percent of businesses spend more than $1 million on ecommerce; only half see ROI
In a new report from CloudCraze, which works with B2B and B2C companies on Salesforce, only about half of business owners see…
Indochino secures $42 million investment from global apparel manufacturer
Vancouver-based Indochino, an ecommerce retailer that creates made-to-measure suits, has raised CAD $42 million from Chinese…
Lightspeed Retail launches platform combining brick-and-mortar and ecommerce experience
Montreal-based Lightspeed Retail, a cloud-based point-of-sale system which has targeting small and medium-sized businesses,…
#Dx32016: Retail Prophet Doug Stephens on the “end of the beginning of ecommerce”
“Retail is dead,” notable tech investor Marc Andreessen declared back in 2013. “Retail chains are an implausible economic…
CXI offers “Tinder for startups” at retail pitch competition
Just one day before the start of Dx3, Canada’s largest digital retail conference, The Working Group (TWG), Mercedes-Benz,…
Five things we learned from #Dx32016
Thousands of people stormed the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this week for Dx3, Canada’s biggest digital conference. Those…